Mausoleum



MAUSOLEUM Filed March 23, 1925 7 July 20 1926.

' G. H. SANDERS 50 cesses 14, one in each c Patented Jul 20, 1926.

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GEORGE H. SANDERS, OF SAN' JOSE, CALIFOBNIA.

HAUSOLEUE.

Application filed March 23, 1925' Serial Ko. 17,838.

The present invention relates nerally to mausoleums and more articu arly to a combined ventilating an paratus for the crypts thereof.

Amon the objects'of this'invention, are to provi e means whereb each crypt may be provided with a suitab e outlet for gases, such outlet being through a djsinfectant liquid seal and a mercury sea-k'to provide means whereby a plurality of crypts may be vented through a common ventilating system incorporated in the mausoleum; to provide a mausoleum which is simple in construction, efficient and reli-able in the preservation of the bodies, durable', and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed; and in general, to rovide such an improved ventilating and disinfecting s stem as will a pear more fully from the ollowin s ci cation.

Int e rawing Figure 1 is a vertical section through 'a ortion of the mausoleum embodying the eatures of my invention,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section through one of the cry t s thereof,

Fig. 3 is a still furt er enlarged detail secion through the rear wall of one crypt, an i Fig. 4 is a similar view taken at right an les to that shown in Fig. 3.

eferring to the drawings n detail, t will be seen that the mausoleum which I have illustrated includes among other elements a.

floor 5, a rear wall 6, and a roof 7. A ventilator 8 is rovided in the roof 7 and a passage 9 is ds under the roof 7 to communicate wit the. ventilator 8.

The roof passa e 9 communicates with a 'passage 10 form between the rear wall 6 of the mausoleum and the rear wall 11 of a plurality of c .pts' 12. A floor passage 13 s provided un er the floor 5- and under the bottom crypts 12 and communicate's with the 4 bottom of the passage 10 so that a circulation of air wil be had as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1.

' On the interier of the wall 11 there are provided a plurality of depressions or rept 12. -In each of these recesses' 14, there is disposed a hermetical and disinfecting scaling device indi cated nerall bythe letter A. The structure o these evces are identical and only one will be described in detail, and attention is called .particularly to Figs. 3 and 4.

disinfectng ap- A tank 15 is positioned in the bottom of the recess"1`4 and is constructed of some suitable durable material such as metal and is provided with a depending tube 16 leading CO from the top thereof and terminatin' a dis- 'tance from the bottom thereof. Ths tank is about two-thirds filled with a disinfectant liquid. A lead pipe 17 leads upwardly from the tank 15 at the top thereof and s provided intermediate its ends with a trap vent 18 filled with me'rcury. The up r end of this lead pipe 17 extends throug thewall 11 so as to terminatein the passage 10.

It should be understood that a mausoleum is constructed with. the expectation that it will last indefinitely, that the entire building is only as strong as its weakest part is self evident, and 'in the art as it is familiar to me, it contemplates the use of a net work of pipes, joints, etc., something like a plumbing system in a modern house. 'Experience shows that any mechanical connection along* the lines of pipes, joints, etc., is prone to rust, and requires repair within a short span of years. A mausoleum construction is such that once the structure is 'completed,' it is impossible to make an repairs in the sanitaton system. Consi ering the purpose to V be the' reservation of bodies interred within 85 the building, any sanitation system which admits the decomposition of a 'body practically -confe`sses the uselessness of the mausoleum itself. V v,

In m structure no such decomposition can ever ta e lace and my sanitation system is not at all e endent upon a system of pipes, joints etc. t is true, I use a i but that' pipe s a lead pipe without onts or mechanical connections. It is a well known fact that of all materials that might be used in such a system, lead is by far the most durable and in practice is everlasting.

The mausoleum itself will probably crumble before the short pieces of lead pipe used in this system would deteriorate in any degree. Each crypt or compartment in my mausoleum is equipped with the metal containers which are located in the rear of each crypt being' positioned in .the recesses 14. The ppes 17 are of a one-piece lead structure. Any gas forming in the crypts will seek' the weakest points which would be the tubes 16.

The as, therefore, will pass throu h the liquid isnfectant in the tanks an then through the lead outlet pipes. The gas pressure will force the mercury up into the lead ipes. As the' mercury ascends the pipes,

t naturally flattens out, thus leaving an' opening for the gas to pass out into the passage lo-where the circulation of air will allow the disinfeoted air to escape through the roof ventilator. Both the mercury and the disinfectant he-netically seals the crypts and prevent deoomposition of the bodies.

-It will be apparent that the present embodinent of the invention which I have de scribed in considerable detail has been disclosed merely by way of example and attains all the features of advantage enumerated as desirable, in the statement of the invention g and the above description.

It will further be apparent that numerous i changes in the details of Construction, in the materials, in the sizes, and in the combna t'ion and arrangement of parts ma be resorted towithout departing from t e spirit or seo e of the invention as heneinafter claime or sacrificin any of its advnta es.

Having thus descri 'd my invention, w at I claim as new is:-

1. A; disiniectant sealing detiee for the tilating passage therethrough; a erypt` formed in the mausoleum and provided with 'a wall in common with said wall of the mansoleum, said wall of the cry t being provided with a recess interiorly thereof; a tank positioned in the bottom of the recess and adapted to be-partially filled with a disinfectant liquid, an inlet .tube leading downwardly from the top of the tenk and -terninating within the liquid therein, and a one-piece lead pipe leading upwardly from the to of the tank and bent to provide a trap fi led with mercury and terinnating in 'the passage of the wall of the mausoleum.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE H. SAN DERS. 

